Creative Work

This little corner of the internet houses my therapeutic outlet.

Singing has always been my release, my anchor. It's been a home for me, again and again. I'm sharing both originals and covers here โ€” I hope you enjoy.

~ Rachel

Rachel Wood singing
Billie Eilish ยท Cover

What Was I Made For

Cover

One of the best things about my research in Artificial Intelligence is that it's surfaced a deeply important question on a societal level: what does it mean to be human? What is our purpose? What are we made for?

These meaning-laden questions stir a deeper philosophical conversation worth leaning into. The first time I heard this song, it moved me โ€” a stunning and poignant theme many of us can relate to throughout the seasons of life.

Rachel Wood โ€” Denver
Rachel Wood ยท Original

Denver

Original

I wrote and recorded this song in college. Late one night I found out the best friend of someone close to me was in a tragic car accident.

I didn't know how to process the pain at the time. So I stayed up all night, and this song poured out of me.

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Rachel Wood โ€” Hideaway
Rachel Wood ยท Original

Hideaway

Original

I wrote and recorded Hideaway in 2017, tucked inside a cabin in the Colorado mountains right beside a quiet river.

The crisp air, the cozy cabin fire, the ripple of the stream โ€” it remains a core memory that stirs delight and contentment within me.

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Judy Garland ยท Cover

Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas

Cover

This beautiful holiday song was written for the 1944 musical Meet Me in St. Louis. Growing up, I watched old musicals with an obsession.

I remember taking a theater class in middle school where the teacher gave us an assignment to lip sync a song in front of the class โ€” don't ask me why she didn't just have us sing it โ€” and I chose a Judy Garland classic while all my classmates were lip syncing '90s grunge.

Rachel Wood โ€” Ave Maria
Franz Schubert ยท Cover

Ave Maria

Cover

This 1824 classic by Schubert anchors me in the classical training I went through during my undergraduate music degree.

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Disclaimer: I do not own the rights to the cover songs. All rights belong to the owner(s). No copyright infringement intended. These covers are for entertainment and artistic purposes only.